All of the digital displays in Monstropolis (Sulley’s clock radio, scare station consoles, “Days Without An Accident” sign) are nixie tubes, a neon digital display technology from the 1960s.
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Bob Peterson, the movie’s story supervisor, provided the temporary voice of Roz, the green secretary, during production. The nasal, sing-song voice proved to be such a success that they kept it in the final film.
John Goodman pushed for Steve Buscemi to voice the villain Randall.
‘2319’ might reference to the 23rd and 19th letter in the alphabet: WS. WS may stand for White Sock, because a white sock is the first alien object to be destroyed by the CDA.
About 3:26 into the movie, when the simulation is ended and the monster reaches for a knob on the control panel to review the videotape, just below and to the left of the knob is a little indicator which reads “510-752-3000”, which is Pixar’s phone number.
It normally took 11 to 12 hours to render a single frame of Sulley because of his 2.3 million individually animated hair strands (Total number of hairs: 2,320,413).
On the scare floor leader board, the name immediately below Sullivan and Randall is Ranft, a reference to longtime Pixar writer Joe Ranft.
News leaked in early fall of 2001 that this movie would feature the first teaser for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). Hundreds of Star Wars fans paid admission for the movie just to see the teaser and reportedly some left after seeing it.
The Hidden Cafe is the name of a real restaurant in the San Francisco area which had been a favorite with Pixar’s animators, including director Pete Docter, since the early ’90s.
John Goodman pushed for Steve Buscemi to voice the villain Randall.
George Sanderson (the monster who keeps getting caught by the CDA for “2319” emergencies) is the monster who was supposed to be the protagonist for the original Monsters, Inc. concept - a bumbling, inept monster who couldn’t scare anyone, ‘til a timid girl, put upon by her brothers, teaches him how to be scary. George in the final version is even the same color and monster type in the original storyboard
About 3:26 into the movie, when the simulation is ended and the monster reaches for a knob on the control panel to review the videotape, just below and to the left of the knob is a little indicator which reads “510-752-3000”, which is Pixar’s phone number.
George Sanderson (the monster who keeps getting caught by the CDA for “2319” emergencies) is the monster who was supposed to be the protagonist for the original Monsters, Inc. concept - a bumbling, inept monster who couldn’t scare anyone, ‘til a timid girl, put upon by her brothers, teaches him how to be scary. George in the final version is even the same color and monster type in the original storyboard
When Sulley and Mike are walking to work and pass “Tony’s Grossery”, the items on sale include Mangle Fruit, Bilge Berries, and Blood Oranges (a real kind of orange).
